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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 3:00 PM

United Kingdom

Type: Country

Name: United Kingdom

population: 59,889,408

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 12 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

Trinity Mirror buys Guardian's MEN

Guardian Media Group has sold its GMG Regional Media arm to Trinity Mirror Guardian Media Group has announced the sale of the Manchester Evening News (MEN) to Trinity Mirror. National and regional newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has bought the MEN ... [MSN UK - 28 mins ago]

Entities: Trinity Mirror plc, Guardian Media Group Plc, Manchester

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 26 mins ago - 18 Documents (in Politics)

David Kern

UK trade gap grows to £7.3bn

The UK's goods trade gap with the rest of the widened to an 11-month high of Â£7.3bn (â¬8.2bn) in December, official figures showed today.The data disappointed City hopes of a narrowing trade gap helped by a weaker pound, as policymakers attempt to rebalance ... [Breaking News.ie - 26 mins ago]

Entities: United Kingdom, David Kern, Howard Archer, Capital Economics

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 7 Documents

Subrata Roy

Indian tycoons want to “walk alone” with Liverpool

Indian petrochemical tycoon Mukesh Ambani has allegedly submitted a bid to pay off Liverpool’s £237 million debt in return for a 51 per cent stake in the club. UK newspaper, The Times, understands that a second Indian magnate, Subrata Roy, has made a ... [Times LIVE Blogs - Posts - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Liverpool (United Kingdom), Subrata Roy, DLF Indian Premier League, Mukesh D Ambani, Tom Hicks

First Reported 02/07/2010 - Updated 02/08/2010 - 14 Documents

Boyko Borisov

PM Borisov: Bulgaria to Top Euro 2012 Group G

Though the urns gifted Bulgaria with what is believed to be the difficult group in qualifying for Euro 2012, the country's prime minister has said the team is able to come atop the ranking. My forecast is for a heavy battle for the second place in the ... [Sofia News Agency - 02/08/2010]

Entities: Bulgaria, Boyko Borisov, Warsaw, Poland, Wales

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 9 hours ago - 14 Documents

Irish National Liberation Army

Irish paramilitary disarmament lauded (ABC)

3:04 am N Ireland seals power sharing deal February 6, 2010, 12:15 pm Britain to cut number of student visas February 7, 2010, 9:01 am Sarah Palin wows US conservatives February 7, 2010, 3:36 pm The top movies at the North American box office February ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Irish National Liberation Army, Irish Republican Army, Disarmament

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 10 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Boss of UK finance watchdog to leave

Britain's financial watchdog today announced the departure of its chief executive Hector Sants, who has overseen plans for large-scale reform of the banking sector following the economic crisis. 'The Financial Services Authority today announces that Hector ... [RTE Online - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Hector Sants, Financial Services Authority, United Kingdom

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 8 Documents (in Market News)

European stocks climb, London up 0.67%

Europe's main stock markets rose for a second day running on Tuesday despite lingering debt concerns and as data showed China overtook Germany last year to become the world's biggest exporting nation. Wall Street's lowest close for three months overnight ... [Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 4 hours ago]

Entities: London, John Kyriakopoulos, NAB Capital

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Economy)

UK retail sales drop in January

British retail sales recorded their worst performance for the month of January in at least 15 years, a survey showed this morning, even as separate figures showed house prices extended their recent rise. The British Retail Consortium said the value of ... [Ireland Business World - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Retail Sales, United Kingdom, Stephen Robertson, British Retail Consortium

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 7 Documents (in Politics)

Prime Minister's Statement To The House of Commons On Northern Ireland Deal

The Prime Minister has delivered a statement to the House of Commons on the completion of devolution of power to Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister Said the following: Mr Speaker, I wanted to report to the House at the earliest opportunity on the agreement ... [eGov Monitor - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Northern Ireland, Saint Andrew, Official Irish Republican Army

First Reported 02/07/2010 - Updated 02/07/2010 - 23 Documents (in Politics)

UKs new visa regulations unlikely to hit UAE students

British education officials said UAE-based students hoping to study in the United Kingdom were highly unlikely to be affected by an attempt to stamp out bogus student visa applicants. Officials in the UK believe many people apply for student visas but ... [Abu Dhabi National - 02/07/2010]

Entities: United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, University of Wollongong in Dubai, Education

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 4 Documents

England 6 Nations win excites Easter

Nick Easter is confident England's victory over Wales represents the start of something special for Martin Johnson's men and is not "a false dawn".A fit-again Easter, back at No 8, disrupted Wales's lineout in fine style as England began the 2010 Six ... [France24 - culture - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Nick Easter, England, Wales, Martin Johnson, Twickenham

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 1 hour ago - 21 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Afghans 'try to flee battle zone'

Improvised explosive devices are stopping civilians leaving an area where UK soldiers are to begin a huge operation, the defence secretary says. Operation Moshtarak is designed to force Taliban militants from the area surrounding the town of Marjah in ... [BBC - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Bob Ainsworth, Improvised Explosive Device, JavaScript, United Kingdom

Quotes

...that will facilitate TradeKing's recently announced plans for new capabilities for active traders and its online community such as mobile trading. "TradeKing also was attracted to Penson because of our global focus, multi-asset product suite and stable, well-established platform for growth" Mr. Yancey said

Penson Worldwide Announces TradeKing Signs Long-Term US Clearing Agreement [Street Insider - 11 mins ago]

BusinessWire - Research and Markets ( has announced the addition of the "2010 Plimsoll Analysis - Sauces & Soups - A comprehensive profile of 57 companies operating in the UK market" report to their offering

Research and Markets: Sauces & Soups Market Analysis - A Comprehensive Report with Profiles of... [Forbes.com - 12 mins ago]

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Awards deadline extended [Kable - 13 mins ago]
Echo Therapeutics Chairman and CEO to be Interv... [Forbes.com - 13 mins ago]
Top Gear gives R1 million to Mandela Foundation [NewsToday.co.za - 14 mins ago]
Research and Markets: Top Life Sciences Informa... [Forbes.com - 14 mins ago]
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Visionary developments [Engineer Online - 16 mins ago]
There will be blood [Engineer Online - 16 mins ago]
Research and Markets: Snapshots UK Bakery Produ... [Forbes.com - 16 mins ago]
BRIEF-Cigna to acquire Kronos Optimal Health Co... [Interactive Investor - 16 mins ago]
GSSA update [Air Cargo News - 16 mins ago]
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UK Border Agency 'must do better' [Public Service - 18 mins ago]
EXCLUSIVE: Is Whitehall prepared for a hung Par... [Public Service - 18 mins ago]
Ziggo raises internet speeds in Utrecht [Telecom Paper - 18 mins ago]
BRIEF-Netspace announces sale of assets [Interactive Investor - 18 mins ago]
2010 water innovation awards announced [Foodbev - 18 mins ago]

Blogs

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NVIDIA drops Optimus automatic graphics switchi... [SlashGear - 19 mins ago] NVIDIA has offered its hybrid graphics system for a while now that lets the notebook user take advantage of either an integrated GPU when demands are low and battery ...
Chronologically-challenged Professor Walt [Sandbox by Martin Kramer - 27 mins ago] In the past, I’ve demolished Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer’s claim that Israel and its friends drove the United States to war with Iraq. I did it when they published ...
Why fret about Greece? [Free exchange - 32 mins ago] PAUL KRUGMAN puts worries about European debt into perspective, posting a chart of European GDP shares:As you can see, Greece is but a small part of the European ...
More on the UK Electoral Reform Debate [PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts - 45 mins ago] Via the BBC: ‘Time tight’ to get electoral reform referendum through Downing Street has admitted "time is tight" to get laws for a referendum on scrapping Britain’s ...
Does Europe need a carbon central bank? [FT Alphaville - 1 hour ago] The annual Lord Mayor’s City Debate took place in London’s Mansion House on Monday evening, with FT Alphaville in attendance. (Many thanks to the Chicago Mercan ...

Audio/Video

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S&P Sees UK Sukuk Issues This Year [Reuters Video: Business - 1 hour ago]
Inside the UK's first state Hindu school [The Guardian - YouTube - 2 hours ago]
CCLA's Bevan Recommends U.S. Engineering Stocks... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 4 hours ago]
Sky News Sunday Live with Adam Boulton Episode 368 [Sunday Live with Adam Boulton - 14 hours ago]
Getting the UK Out of STUPID [Reuters Video: Business - 17 hours ago]